New Findings on the Origin and Making of Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale, Ms VI E 40

• Authors: Nicolò Ferrari

Title variants

PL

Nowe ustalenia dotyczące pochodzenia i procesu powstawania rękopisu VI E 40 z Biblioteca Nazionale w Neapolu

Abstracts

PL

Ostatnie badania nad rękopisem VI E 40 z Biblioteca Nazionale z Neapolu (I-Nn 40) doprowadziły do identyfikacji herbu znajdującego się na końcu księgi oraz do zaktualizowania jej opisu kodykologicznego. Ten sam herb znajduje się na egzemplarzu druku Historia Naturalis Pliniusza Starszego z 1476 r., który należał do mało znanej burgundzkiej rodziny de Janly, nobilitowanej w I poł. XV wieku. Wywodzili się z niej dworzanie i urzędnicy – trzech z nich przedstawiono w artykule, jako potencjalnych pierwszych właścicieli rękopisu I-Nn 40, uznając Philiberta de Janly za najbardziej prawdopodobnego kandydata. Omówiono historyczne konteksty stojące za posiadaniem i przekazywaniem prezentów przez nobilitowanych dworzan burgundzkich, zwracając szczególną uwagę na rękopis I-Nn 40 z mszami L’homme armé podarowany królowej węgierskiej Beatrycze Aragońskiej, a także na jego historię po opuszczeniu Burgundii. Artykuł przedstawia również aktualny opis kodykologiczny księgi, umożliwiający nowe spojrzenie na jego powstanie i proces kopiowania.

EN

Recent research into the manuscript Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale, VI.E.40 (I-Nn 40) has led to the identification of the coat of arms present at the end of the manuscript, and to a new updated codicological description. The same coat of arms is present also in a 1476 printed book of Pliny the Elder’s Historia Naturalis belonging to the rather obscure de Janly family of Burgundy, made up of courtiers and civil servants, ennobled in the first half of the fifteenth century. Discussed in this article are three members of the de Janly family who might have been the original owner of I-Nn 40, with Philibert de Janly identified as the most plausible candidate. The historical context of ownership and gift-giving typical of Burgundian courtiers of the new nobility is discussed, as well as manuscript’s donation to Beatrice of Aragon, and its history after it left Burgundy. The article also presents a new codicological description of the manuscript, offering new insights into its preparation and the copying process.

Keywords

PL

L’homme armé; rękopisy muzyczne; krucjaty; Burgundia; Beatrycze Aragońska

EN

L’homme armé; music manuscripts; crusading; Burgundia; Beatrice of Aragon

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Muzyka
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 148-183

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Nicolò Ferrari

• The University of Manchester

• https://orcid.org/0000000254716640

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Identifiers

DOI

10.36744/m.977

Biblioteka Nauki

26470641